CASCADA
Artist Statement
Cascada (2024) is a hand-cut and layered paper sculpture; as it cascades from the ceiling down to the floor, it symbolizes the union of the sky and earth while implying a reverence for environments rich in flora and fauna. Mirrors catch the light and activate a space of reflection in reference to my early childhood memories of cascades; acts of remembrance are a means to reclaim and reinterpret memory. The repetition of cutting becomes a meditative and repetitive abstraction of natural cycles which are paired with stop-motion animation Flora.
Flora (2024) is made from color pencil drawings that were cut and fragmented. This section emphasizes the ephemeral nature of creation and uses nine drawings that refer to the memories of plants from my grandfather’s garden. The video loops after a duration of 2:07 and deconstructs the cycles of hand-drawn memories, recomposing constituent elements into new forms in a manner that mirrors the cyclical processes of nature: i.e. the natural world transforms into drawings, and then the drawings transform into animations.
View past installations:
Flora, (2024)
Examples of the iterations of drawings that cycle.
